A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war.
The Portuguese man-of-war.
Man-of-war hawk(Zoöl.),
the frigate bird. Man-of-war's man ,
a sailor serving in a ship of war. Portuguese man-of-war(Zoöl.),
any species of the genus Physalia; it is a hydrozoan having both medusa and polyp stages present in a single colony. It floats on the surface of the sea by a buoyant bladderlike structure, from which dangle multiple long tentacles with stinging cells. Its can cause severe rashes when it comes in contact with humans swimming in the area. See Physalia.
